Religion and sustainable agriculture : world spiritual traditions and food ethics / edited by Todd LeVasseur, Pramod Parajuli, and Norman Wirzba ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.

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English
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  • Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
  • ©2016
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x, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    "In this wide-ranging collection, eminent scholars, theologians, activists, and lay farmers illuminate how religious beliefs influence and are influenced by the values and practices of sustainable agriculture. Together, they analyse a multitude of agricultural practices for their contributions to healthy, ethical living and environmental justice."-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Our flesh was made from corn / Leonor Hurtado Paz y Paz Cristóbal Cojtí García
    • Soils, spirits and the cosmocentric economy: Recreating Amazonian dark earth in Peru / Frédérique Apffel-Marglin
    • Renewal of non-western methods for sustainable living / Eston Dickson Pembamoyo
    • Nature spirituality, sustainable agriculture, and the nature/culture paradox: the permaculture scene in Lower Puna, Big Island of Hawaii / Michael Lemons
    • Hindu traditions and peasant farming in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal / Jagannath Adhikari
    • Dharma for the earth, water, and agriculture: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya / Gandhi's agrarian legacy: Practicing food, justic, and sustainability in India / A. Whitney Sanford
    • Thailand's moral rice revolution: Cultivating a collective eccological consciousness / Alexander Harrow Kaufman
    • The seven species and their relevance to sustainable agriculture in Israel today / Elaine Solowey
    • Tending to the Garden of Eden: Sacred Jewish agriculture traditions / Yigal Deutscher
    • Religion, local community, and sustainable agriculture / Anna Peterson
    • Heideggerian reflections on three Mennonite cookbooks and a Mennonite farm in Northwest Ohio / Raymond F. Person Jr. and Mark H. Dixon
    • Steward or Priest? The possibilities of a Christian chicken farmer / Ragan Sutterfield
    • Religion and agriculture: How Islam forms the moral core of SEKEM's holistic development approach in Egypt / Maximilian Abouleish-Boes
    • Tohono O'odham Himdag and Agri/culture / Tristan Reader and Terrol Dew Johnson
    • Conclusion: Searching for Annapurna; or, Cultivating earthbound regenerative abundance in the anthropocene / Pramod Parajuli.
    ISBN
    • 9780813167978 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    • 0813167973 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    2016026839
    OCLC
    945951487
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